I have installed a new CPU board in a v480 but the system does not recognize it. Both CPU boards are 900mHz and I have upgraded the firmware to 4.17.1. The system tries to boot but after the only indications I get are a solid maintenance light and a flashing locator light. After waiting for more then 40 minutes the system still does not come up. Any suggestions to fix this problem. Thank you.
Was this a new board, or was it a cull that had been sitting in storage for some time?
Is there any RAM on the new board?
What are the part numbers on the cpu boards ?
(... the known, good, previous board plus this new questionable one) ?
Can the V480 pass POST if you only have the new board installed ?
Can it boot if board-A is in position B and board-B is in position A ?
V480 and V880 systems can use the same boards.
However, you cannot mix cpu architecture types in either server.
UltraSPARC-III 900MHz cannot be mixed with UltraSPARC-III+ 900MHz.
Early V880's shipped with 750MHz and 900MHz US-III boards
(silicon-on-aluminum-substrate),
then ever since the copper substrate modules were introduced,
the boards have been made with US-III+ cpus.
I'm just wondering if this upgrade happened to be using an
older board that had been pulled from a V880.
